Supo

Finnish Security Intelligence Service

Suojelupoliisi Skyddspolisen
Agency overview
Formed	17 December 1948; 68 years ago (17 December 1948) upon ratification
Preceding agency	State Police (Valtiollinen poliisi, Valpo)
Jurisdiction	Republic of Finland
Headquarters	Ratakatu 12, Helsinki
Employees	291 (2016)
Annual budget	27.9 million EUR (2016)
Minister responsible	Paula Risikko, Minister of the Interior
Agency executive	Antti Pelttari, Director
Parent agency	Ministry of the Interior
Website	supo.fi Twitter: @Suojelupoliisi

Coordinates: 60°09′43″N 24°56′27″E / 60.161927°N 24.940950°E / 60.161927; 24.940950

supo.fi

The Finnish Security Intelligence Service (Supo) (Finnish: Suojelupoliisi (Supo), Swedish: Skyddspolisen (Skypo), lit. protection police) is the security and intelligence agency of Finland in charge of national security, such as counter-intelligence and counter-terrorism, and under the jurisdiction of the Interior Ministry. Supo used the English title Finnish Security Police till 2010.

Operational since 1949 and headquartered in Helsinki, Supo had 291 employees and a budget of 27.9 million euros in 2016. The Service had a distinct role during the Cold War in monitoring communists as well as in the balance between Finnish independence and Soviet appeasement (finlandization); after the 1990s Supo has focused more on countering terrorism and in the 2010s on preventing hybrid operations.

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